Non-explosive oil-can.



No. 846,619. BATENTED MAR. 12-, 1907.

F. W. REIBER.

NON-EXPLOSIVE OIL CAN.

' VIII it!) APPLIUATION FILED FEB. 5, 1906.

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UNITED STATES FREDERICK W. REIBER, OF SUGAR GROVE, OHIO,

PATENT OFFICE.

ASSIGN OR TO NICHOLAS SIEGEL, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

NON-EXPLOSIVE OIL-CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 12, 1907.

Application filed February 5, 1906. Serial No. 299,478.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. REIBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sugar Grove, in the county of Fairfield and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in N on-Explosive Oil-Cans,

" of which the following is a specification.

shown that this can as embodied in this in vention will not explode While intact when placed directly in a fire.

This can, besides being comparatively cheap to manufacture and highly efficient in its purpose, may be handled with safety by a child without danger of exploding.

Reference will be had to the drawing forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, of which Figure 1 is an elevation of a complete can embodying the features of this invention, part of the can being broken away to disclose the method of construction. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view of a portion of the can, showing one mode of constructing the pouring-tubes. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view of a portion of the can, showing another mode of constructing the pouring-tubes; and Fig. 6 is an elevation of a fragment of the tube before it is bent to form the pouring-tubes employed in Fig. 5.

Reference iumeral 1 designates the canbody, which may be of any well-known construction, but preferably of the clenchedseam type. This can-body is preferably provided with the usual handle and fillingcap, the latter being provided with a ventopening 2. To the front portion of the canbody is attached a pouring-tube 3, and within the can-body is arranged a vertical safetytube 4. The safety-tube is attached to the front interior of the can-Wall and is open at its upper end to communicate with the interior of the can, while its lower end communicates with the lower end of the pouring-tube 3, the can-body being formed with an opening permitting such communication. The upper end of the pouring-tube 3 is braced by a member 6, attached thereto and to the canbody.

In appearance the exterior of this can resembles the ordinary oil-can, as the safetytube is arranged within the interior of the can-body.

Another object of placing the safety-tube within the can is to prevent displacement or rupture thereof, as this tube forms the vital feature of the can in rendering it non-explosive. The principal object, however, in placing the tube within the can-body is to have it in direct contact with the fluid contained within the can.

After the initial pouring the tube 4 is at all times entirely or partially filled with oil, the same being true of the pouring-tube 3. When placed or operated within proximity to a flame, it will be seen that the flame cannot possibly pass through both tubes into the can interior.

Should the can be placed directly in a flame or fire and subjected to a high degree of heat, it will then be likewise impossible for the flame to reach the interior of the can, owing to the length of the tubes, as well as the liquid sealing the said tubes. If the can should remain in the fire for a length of time suflicient to convert the oil within the tubes into a gas, it will be seen that the resultant pressure will cause the gas to exude from the nozzle end of the pouring-tube 3, where it will be ignited, but no flame will enter the can interior, owing to the tortuous passage which it will have to take.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 both tubes 3 and 4 are attached to the can-body by flanges 7, secured by rivets or other permanent fastenings, whereby the can will remain intact and not melt, as would be the case with soldered joints. However, there is no great objection to the use of soldered joints, as such joints would not melt so long as fluid is contained within the receptacle. In Figs. 4 and 5 such soldered joints are employed. A tube 8, as

illustrated in Fig. 6, is provided with a cutout portion 9, and the said tube 8 is doubled upon itself to form the two tubes 3 and 4, the former of which is passed through the can-opening 5 and both tubes soldered to the can-body.

WVhile only two methods of construction are shown, it is obvious that the can may be constructed in many other different ways.

It will be understood that it is not the desire to limit the invention to the details of construction herein set forth, as various changes may be made in the details thereof without departing from the spirit of the invention within the scope of the claim.

What is claimed as new and useful, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

A non-explosive oil-ca11 comprising a body provided with a port in the lower portion of its side wall adjacent the can-bottom, a vertically-disposed interior tube U shape in cross-section and having side and bottom flanges by means of which it is secured throughout its length and at its bottom to the inner face of the side wall and bottom respectively to embrace said port, the upper end of said interior tube being open and in close proximity to the can-top and spaced therefrom, and a pouring-tube flanged at its lower end and secured thereby to the exterior of the side wall about the port therein to establish communication between the two tubes through said port, said pouring-tube being extended to a point above the can-top and suitably braced.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK W. REIBER.

Vitnesses PETER MILLER, BERNARD BARTLEY. 

